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Patrick Curran

Direct-drive motors need direct-position sensing

May 2, 2016 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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by Mark Howard, Managing Director, Zettlex Direct drives differ from traditional drive arrangements. These motors impart many design advantages, but perform best with specialty feedback. Direct-drive motors have been around for a while, but only recently have OEMs and system integrators begun to leverage the advantages of this technology. Over the last few years, there’s […]

Filed Under: Brushless Motors, Encoders, Motors Tagged With: zettlex

Stepper motor or servomotor: Which should it be?

April 8, 2016 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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Servomotor and stepper motor technologies are indispensable in today’s mechatronic machine designs. However, clear understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of both make it easier to identify which is best for a given application. By Hurley Gill • Senior Systems and Application Engineer| Kollmorgen If a given motion task can be done with either a […]

Filed Under: Motors, Servo Motors, Stepper Motors Tagged With: Kollmorgen

Hygienic HLAE Gearbox Meets 3-A Sanitary Standards

January 3, 2016 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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Neugart USA’s hygienic HLAE gearbox is the world’s first planetary gearbox certified to 3-A Sanitary Standards. Neugart products meeting this stringent certification for hygienic equipment design include the HLAE070, 090 and 110 gearbox series. All HLAE gearboxes are also certified to IP69K, the highest protection class available for washdown performance. Every single feature of the […]

Filed Under: Gears + Gearing, Mechanical PT Tagged With: Neugart

OMRON Corp. to acquire Delta Tau Data Systems Inc.

July 30, 2015 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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OMRON Corp. announced its entry into a stock purchase agreement to acquire a 100% stake in Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc. of California, which will result in Delta Tau becoming a member of the OMRON Group. The acquisition is subject to customary conditions to closing. Omron expects the acquisition to close in early September, 2015. […]

Filed Under: Controls, Industry News Tagged With: Delta Tau of Omron, Omron

Industrial robotics see more consideration of kinematics

May 9, 2015 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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by Lisa Eitel, Senior Editor, @DW_LisaEitel— In today’s advanced manufacturing environment, it would be hard to find a production facility that hasn’t implemented robotics in some process or other. That’s according to Skye Gorter, automation specialist at Cowper Inc. “Robotics have had tremendous impact on manufacturers’ ability to get higher repeatability, precision, and throughput, as […]

Filed Under: Robotics Tagged With: NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association)

Motion trend: Automation expands in off-highway industry

May 7, 2015 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

by Michael Jermann, Contributing Editor— Efficiency is key when trying to keep operating costs to a minimum, especially in the off-highway industry. When dealing with mobile machinery that could be remotely located or operating in harsh environments, finding, diagnosing and managing equipment wastes time and money. To cut costs and increase efficiency, there is growing […]

Filed Under: Editor Blogs, Industry News Tagged With: thomsonlinear

PCL61x4 series high-performance servo/stepper controller chips from Nippon Pulse

April 27, 2015 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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Nippon Pulse has released its newest series of motion controller chips, the PCL61x4 Series. PCL61x4 is a series of two high-performance servo/stepper controller chips: the PCL6114 single-axis chip and the four-axis PCL6144 chip. The PCL61x4 series has some improved features over the PCL61x3 series, a similar chip series in the Nippon Pulse family of products. […]

Filed Under: Controls, PLCs + PACs Tagged With: Nippon Pulse

Elmo now offers super-compact servo drive for 480-Vac

March 4, 2015 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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Updated June 30, 2015. Elmo Motion Control introduced at the SIAF exhibition (held in Guangzhou, China, March 9-11, 2015) the “smallest on earth” servo drive that operates directly from 480 Vac. Delivering 10-A continuous at up to 480 Vac with size of only 72 x 140 x 110 mm, the G-OBO10/480 is the smallest servo drive to […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, Servo Drives Tagged With: Elmo Motion Control

Elmo Motion Control introduces NANO Gold Twitter

March 3, 2015 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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Elmo Motion Control will exhibit a variety of powerful servo drives with advanced networking and intelligence especially suited for automated packaging machines at MC4 2015, Palazzo dei Congressi, Bologna, Italy, on March 10, 2015. Elmo’s newest edition to the Gold Line is the revolutionary NANO Gold Twitter, the highest-powered servo drive on the market. Weighing […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, Servo Drives Tagged With: Elmo Motion Control

Bodine Expands Parallel Shaft FX Gearmotors with AC Models

January 22, 2014 By Patrick Curran Leave a Comment

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Bodine Electric Company announced that it has expanded its FX line of parallel shaft gearmotors to include AC models. The all-new 42R6-FX combines Bodine’s new, 3-wire reversible 42R frame AC induction motor with their completely redesigned and updated FX gearhead. The new gearmotor provides up to 40% more torque than previous E/F models. New synthetic […]

Filed Under: Gearmotors, Gears + Gearing, Mechanical PT Tagged With: bodineelectric

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